According to the Oroville (California) Mercury, several deaths have been caused in that State recently by the adoption of green flannel for lining the gum boots worn by gravel miners ; the dye of the flannel has been found to be arsenicatcd.
Mark Twain went to a great base-ball match at Hartford recently, and lost his umbrella, for which he advertised as follows :—" Two Hundred and Five Dollars Reward.—At the great base-ball match on Tuesday, while I was engaged in hurrahing, a small boy walked off with an Eng-lish-made brown silk umbrella belonging to me, and forgot to bring it back, I will pay five dollars for the return of that umbrella in good condition to my house, on Farmington Avenue. I do not want the boy (in an active state), but will pay two hundred dollars for his remains. Samuel L. Clements."
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2118, 18 October 1875, Page 2
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142Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2118, 18 October 1875, Page 2
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